COBI 2015 - Tuition Assistance

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FY 2016 Appropriation

The Utah Legislature sets aside funding to assist Air and Army Guard members with their educational needs. The State Tuition Assistance Program is in addition to the Federal Tuition Assistance program. State funds are distributed to eligible students accepted at a regionally or nationally accredited, public or private college, university, vocational, technical or trade school located inside or outside the State of Utah. Students may also receive assistance for distance learning courses.

Soldiers/Airmen may receive up to $250 per semester hour. This amount cannot exceed 100% of the tuition cost for a course. The total amount of tuition assistance each Soldier/Airman is entitled to receive will not exceed $6,000 per year.

The tuition assistance program may also fund clock hours for vocational and technical training courses and certificates offered by non-degree-granting accredited institutions. A formula is used to convert the clock hours to credit hours and the semester hour spending cap and annual caps are applied.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,000,000 from all sources for Tuition Assistance. This is a 0.8 percent reduction from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $1,000,000 from the General/Education Funds, a change of 0 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Tuition Assistance

In 2013, the State Tuition Assistance Program fulfilled 898 requests from 561 Soldiers and Airmen to complete college course work.

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 132

Under terms of Section 63J-1-603(3)(a) Utah Code Annotated, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided for the Utah National Guard in item 1, Chapter 12, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015.

SB0002: Item 178

The Legislature intends that the Utah National Guard be allowed to increase its vehicle fleet by three vehicles for operations and maintenance if funding for the vehicles comes from appropriated federal funds.

Prior to FY 2015 the Tuition Assistance program was not broken out as a separate appropriation unit but was part of the Administration appropriation unit. Tuition Assistance appropriations since FY 2011 were:

FY 2011: $500,000 one-time + $500,000 ongoing
FY 2012: $500,000 one-time + $500,000 ongoing
FY 2013: $1,000,000 ongoing
FY 2014: $1,000,000 ongoing
FY 2015: $1,000,000 ongoing

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	0	0	0	0	1,000,000	0	1,000,000	0	1,000,000
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	0	8,400	8,400	(8,400)	0
Total	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000,000	$8,400	$1,008,400	($8,400)	$1,000,000

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Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Current Expense	0	0	0	0	1,000,000	8,400	1,008,400	(8,400)	1,000,000
Total	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000,000	$8,400	$1,008,400	($8,400)	$1,000,000

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.